New Delhi: Burgeoning the protest against farm acts across the nation, major organisations of farmers decided to organize an all India 'chakka jam', road blockade from 12 pm to 4 pm on November 5, said Balbir Singh Rajewal during a press conference.
The federation has also urged the farmers to 'Dilli Chalo', come to Delhi on November 26 and November 27. All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee was reported to be included in the federation.
Rejwal also said that a five-member coordination committee headed by Haryana leader Gurnam Singh Chanduni and him was formed during a meeting held in Gurdwara Rakabganj. Yogendra Yadav, VM Singh and Raju Shetty are also included in the coordination committee.
At a meeting held in New Delhi, it was further decided that there shall be a complete coordination of various farmers' outfits "to spearhead the fight against three anti-farmer, anti-people farm laws and the Centre's proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020".
Major farmer federations with over 500 constituent organisations, including the entire working group and state chapter representatives of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) and the federations led by farmer leaders Balbir Singh Rajewal of BKU (Rajewal) and Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh, met at Delhi, where various decisions were taken, according to a statement issued by the AIKSCC.
According to a statement by the AIKSCC, the committee will lead the fight against the anti-farmer Acts. They also raised their opposition against the Central Government's decision to halt freight trains to Punjab. They said that the Central government's move was not democratic and pauses a threat to the people.
Rejwal further added the protest will witness mass mobilisation and movement across the nation including regional level protest. Across India, farmers will protest in front of government offices and offices of BJP leaders.
"The meeting condemned the central government's decision to stop the operation of goods trains to Punjab...this is blackmail of the people and farmers of Punjab and is most unbecoming of a democratic government," the statement said.
Amid protests by farmers on railway tracks against the new farm laws, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal sought the Punjab government's assurance on Monday on the safety of trains and their crew members to restore freight services, hours after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked him to intervene in the matter.
Goods train services resumed in Punjab after the farmer unions, on October 21, announced exempting them from their weeks-old "rail roko" agitation over the farm laws.
However, the railways decided to extend its suspension of goods train operations in the state, saying the protesting farmers are still blocking the tracks.
